G1 && PermGen && Metaspace

本文主要有以下几点：

1、JDK7中，Permanent Generation并未完全移除，但是从Permanent Generation中移除了部分数据：

• 符号表从Permanent Generation移到native heap
  

• 字符串常量不再存放于Permanent Generation中，被移到Java Heap

• 和字符串常量一样，类的静态信息被移到Java Heap

2、JDK8中， 完全移除了 Permanent Generation，PermSize和MaxPermSize同样被移除了，类的元信息被存放到一个成为Metaspace的native heap中，相关的参数有： MetaspaceSize、Max MetaspaceSize、MinMetaspaceFreeRatio、MaxMetaspaceFreeRatio。

 We received some questions around the G1 garbage collector and the use of Permanent Generation with it. There seems to be some confusion that the Hotspot JVM does not use permanent generation when G1 is used as the garbage collector. Here’s some clarification:

JDK 7: PermGen

Permanent Generation still exists in JDK 7 and its updates, and is used by all the garbage collectors. In JDK7, the effort to remove the permanent generation was started and some parts of the data residing in the permanent generation were moved to either the Java Heap or to the native heap. Permanent generation was not completely removed and it still exists in JDK 7 and its updates. Here's the list of things that were moved out of the permanent generation in JDK7:

• Symbols were moved to the native heap

• Interned strings were moved to the Java Heap

• Class statics were moved to the Java Heap

JDK7: G1 and PermGen

With G1 collector, PermGen is collected only at a Full GC which is a stop-the-world (STW) GC. If G1 is running optimally then it does not do Full GCs. G1 invokes the Full GCs only when the PermGen is full or when the application does allocations faster than G1 can concurrently collect garbage.

With CMS garbage collector, we can use option -XX:+CMSClassUnloadingEnabled to collect PermGen space in the CMS concurrent cycle. There is no equivalent option for G1. G1 only collects PermGen during the Full stop-the-world GCs.

We can use options PermSize and MaxPermSize to tune the PermGen space size according to the application needs.

JDK8: PermGen

Permanent generation has been completely removed in JDK 8. This work has been done under the bug https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-6964458. Options PermSize and MaxPermSize have also been removed in JDK 8.

Email to openjdk alias regarding the PermGen elimination project: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-dev/2012-September/006679.html

JDK8: Metaspace

In JDK 8, classes metadata is now stored in the native heap and this space is called Metaspace. There are some new flags added for Metaspace in JDK 8:

• -XX:MetaspaceSize=<NNN> where <NNN> is the initial amount of space(the initial high-water-mark) allocated for class metadata (in bytes) that may induce a garbage collection to unload classes. The amount is approximate. After the high-water-mark is first reached, the next high-water-mark is managed by the garbage collector
• -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=<NNN> where <NNN> is the maximum amount of space to be allocated for class metadata (in bytes). This flag can be used to limit the amount of space allocated for class metadata. This value is approximate. By default there is no limit set.
• -XX:MinMetaspaceFreeRatio=<NNN> where <NNN> is the minimum percentage of class metadata capacity free after a GC to avoid an increase in the amount of space (high-water-mark) allocated for class metadata that will induce a garbage collection.
• -XX:MaxMetaspaceFreeRatio=<NNN> where <NNN> is the maximum percentage of class metadata capacity free after a GC to avoid a reduction in the amount of space (high-water-mark) allocated for class metadata that will induce a garbage collection.

By default class metadata allocation is only limited by the amount of available native memory. We can use the new option MaxMetaspaceSize to limit the amount of native memory used for the class metadata. It is analogous to MaxPermSize. A garbage collection is induced to collect the dead classloaders and classes when the class metadata usage reaches MetaspaceSize (12Mbytes on the 32bit client VM and 16Mbytes on the 32bit server VM with larger sizes on the 64bit VMs). Set MetaspaceSize to a higher value to delay the induced garbage collections. After an induced garbage collection, the class metadata usage needed to induce the next garbage collection may be increased.

 本文源自：https://blogs.oracle.com/poonam/entry/about_g1_garbage_collector_permanent?utm_source=tuicool